How to avoid vicarious liability for data protection breaches by disgruntled employees during lockdown.

Our staff and clients remain of utmost importance to us during this unprecedented and challenging period.

An employee who contracts the Coronavirus will be entitled to claim compensation if the employee the virus in the course of their employment.

Transnet has declared its second force majeure since July. The event triggering the declaration was a fire that occurred on its conveyor belts at the Richard's Bay port ...

The abrupt outbreak and negative impact of the COVID-19 disease has taken the whole world by surprise, prompting several role players and government leaders to implement drastic measures to curb the spread of this fatal disease.

Essential Services Under The Corona Virus Crisis - Unpacking The Risks Of Misidentification (Video)

The Court expressly did not deal with the prohibition on the sale of tobacco products during the lockdown, noting that it is the subject of another application to be heard in the near future.

On Monday, 11 May 2020, a notice was published in the Government Gazette No. 43304, GN. 262 of 2020.

On Monday, 18 May 2020, GN. 280 of 2020 was published in Government Gazette No. 43335, in terms of which the Chief Inspector of Mines for the Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate...

On Friday, 6 August 2021, GN. 701 of 2021 was published in Government Gazette No. 44947.

As firms reopen and pandemic lingers, health and safety obligations rise (Engineering News & Mining Weekly

South Africa entered its first day of lockdown on 27 March 2020 in response to the rapid spread of the coronavirus (COVID‑19). This lockdown will last until 23h59 on Thursday, 16 April 2020.

On 18 February 2021 the Department of Employment and Labour issued a statement recording that progress is being made between the UIF and NEDLAC regarding the extension of the Covid-19 Temporary

ENSafrica Executive Joe Mothibi was a guest on the Power FM power breakfast with Faith Mangope and Iman Rappetti, discussing whether employers can compel employees to take the COVID-19 vaccine...

As the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded exponentially, so too has the demand by hospitals and other healthcare providers for masks and other medical personal protective equipment (PPE)...

In South Africa, the health sector (public and private) is a ‘famous' Defendant in our courts as the government, hospitals and/or doctors are often sued for medical negligence by the members of...

Apart from the devastating impact on lives around the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown many business operations in disarray.

*Coronavirus (COVID-19) regulatory measures...

The UIF has begun processing the most recent (and the final) batch of COVID-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme Benefit (COVID-19 TERS) applications.

South Africa moved to alert level 1 on 31 Jan. 2022